Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

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Adobe Mountain School is the only secure facility managed by the agency and is an associate member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association.[2][3] While Adobe Mountain School North has units for boys and girls, Adobe Mountain School South has units for boys.[2]

The agency operated the Southwest Regional Juvenile Corrections Complex, a 200-bed complex in Buckeye[4] scheduled to open in 1997. It was originally supposed to be for $190.5 million, but it went $19 million over budget.[5] Eagle Point School was in the complex.[6] The facility closed in 2009.[7]

The ADJC has gone through 3 different directors in the past 3 years.

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My name is Cassandra Hatch and I'm a
juvenile detention officer.
Cassandra has been a detention officer at the Judicial
Branch of Arizona for the last 13 years.
All my life I've wanted to work with
troubled youth and I found the right
place to go. Nat: SB number 10
I work 6:00 to 2:00 and we have three
shifts. We have six to two, two to 10 or
10 to six. I come in at six o'clock and
get my keys. Look to see what unit I'll
be working for the day.
During her time here she's been able to interact with
kids that come from very different
backgrounds. There's so much that you see
here that you don't even realize is out
there. Like when I started this job I
never expected some of the stories I
heard.
It does sometimes feel like you are raising like your own set of kids.
You get to get a chance to see them
for who they are and sometimes you'll get to
discover a side of them that they didn't
know they had. And while some juveniles
may be in detention for just a few days
or a few weeks communication is key
among all juvenile detention officers.
It may be a lot that has taken place to
shift before or there may be
different types of issues that kids have
had with different ones that may come in.
Before their first day on the job
juvenile detention officers go through
an academy they usually lasts two to
three weeks followed by on-the-job
training. And then you just learn the way
the units run, the way school runs, the
way the clinic runs. Just so you know
their everyday routine. They're set on a
schedule, so all these kids know exactly
what is laid out for them on a daily
basis even weekends. Brenton hopes he's
making an impact by sharing his past
experience. I used to play football for
ASU so sometimes they want to know what
is it like to be a collegiate athlete
and I can give them that perspective. And
some of these kids they don't believe in
themselves, but then if you let them know
you've got this they do succeed and
we've had plenty of kids in here get
GED's and go on and become the kids that
no, the young adults they're supposed to
be. I just believe you have to truly care
if you don't care you're not going to be
good at this job.
You have to care about these kids and
believe in them that they can change.